Glove



s 1, 1938. G. J. PEARCE 2,119,177

GLOVE I Filed. March 51 1937 fiai.

I pram Toe GmEre J. PEQ CE' Patented Ma 3i, 1938 j GLOVE Gilbert James Pearce, Westbury, England Application March 31, 1937, Serial No. 134,163 In Great Britain April 2, 1936 1 Claim.

This invention relates to improvements in gloves and is applicable to gloves made of leather, woven or felt fabric and other materials capable of being made up into tranks. 7

Although glove tranks have generally been made in the form of sheets having a double-hand outline without a thumb, (the thumb being formed of a. separate thumbpiece which fits a thumb opening in the trank) it is also known to employ tranks which have no thumb opening, but

are shapedso that there is no side seam in the.

finished glove, the main seam being located in the palm of the glove. In one form of glove, which employed separate fourchettes and piecettes, the trank in effectwas comprised of three panels, the centre one forming the back of the glove and containing the backs of the four fingers, one side panel containing the fronts of the fourfingers, the little finger front and back forming portions adjoining one another and a second side panel adjoining the other edge of the centre panel and shaped to form the thumb only.

In another proposed construction, the glove was made without quirks or fourchettes from a one piece trank, with the exception of one small piece which constituted the front and sides of the third finger. In this case, the trank was comprised in effect of acentre panel bounded by side folds which contained the backs of the four fingers, the fronts of the first or index and little fingers being formed on opposite sides of one fold line, one side panel containing the portionsv for forming the first finger front and the thumb, whilst the other side panel, containingthe little finger front, was shaped also to form the front and sides of the second finger. Instead of the usual piecettes this construction employed slit trank tongues, which extended into'the forks or junctions between the fingers.

It has been realized, however, that to obtain adequate freedom of movement the usual separate piecettes, fourchettes, and quirk should be retained and the trank cut as simply as possible.

The present invention accordingly provides a glove which is constructed of a one-piece trank' without a thumb hole and shaped to provide a glove without a side seam and of separate iourchettes and piecettes for between the four fingers and a quirk for above the thumb, the portions of thetrank forming the front and back of the first or index finger being formed adjoining the portion which forms the thumb, so that the trank is folded on the thumb side thereof along a line which is an extension of the fold line between the portions forming the front and back portions of the index finger.

In a preferred construction the trank is formed adjoining one side of the thumb-forming portions thereof with a V-like tongue which enters a V-gap formed by a slit made on the other side of the thumb portion, a seam extending from one side of the tongue, to a piecette between the first and second fingers, one end of a substantially diamond-shaped quirk meeting and being joined to the base of the V-tongue at a point substantially opposite the lower end of the seam which extends to the piecette aforesaid.

The invention is illustrated by the accompanying drawing which shows one embodiment by way of example.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a plan or face view of the improved trank; Figure 2 shows the form of'quirk, fourchette and piecette employed, and Figure 3 is a pictorial view of'the finished glove.

The trank (Figure 1) consists of a central back panel A,- having four slit finger pieces, la, 2a, 3a and 4a, and two outer panels B and C, the former (B) provided with the complementary finger pieces lb, 2b, 3b, and the latter (C) with the complementary finger piece 40 and the complementary thumb pieces t t When the trank is folded along Fl, F2, for seaming the top of the seam commences at S, and extends down as the edges x x are brought together. The small v or triangular tongue portion is joined to the gap formed by the opening out of slit g and the curved edges 2 2 sewn together to complete the seam Z (see Figure 3). The substantially dia-v mond shape quirk q for the base of the thumb and the form of the fourchettes F, for the sides of the fingers and the piecettes p, for the interstices of the fingers are shown in Figure 2.

If desired; the trank may be cut so that an opening is formed at the base of the seam in the palm of the glove which can be closed or drawn together after the glove has been put on by means of a press-stud or other fastener.

In a modified form of trank two short complementary ledge" portions may be formed on opposite sidesof the trank to give extra width to the glove. The ledges extend out from the bottom of the fingerpiece (i. e. from the top of the length marked The quirk q would need to be altered in shape slightly in view of the prov sion of these ledges. The lower part of the seam edge z may also be made as a straight continuation of the median portion, instead of oifset outwardly as illustrated.

I claim:-

A glove Iormed from a one piece trank laid out to form a central panel and integral side panels adapted to be folded thereover, said central panel provided with four slit finger pieces; one 01 said side panels having substantially straight and curved contiguous outer edge portions and also provided with three slit finger pieces, and the other side panel having a finger piece for the index finger and complementary thumb pieces, the latter being bounded on the one side by a slit and partially bounded on the other side by a triangular tongue which merges intoa curved edge adapted to mate with the complemental curved edge 0! the other side panel, piecettes stitched at the bottom of the finger pieces Iourchettes stitched to the side of the finger pieces, a substantially diamond shaped quirk tor the base of the thumb pieces and a seam connecting the opposite side edges of the side panels and extending up from the mouth of the glove around the tongue and quirk to secure said quirk in place and thence upward to join the piecette 10 between the first and second finger.

GILBERT JAMES PEARCE. 

